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Number of positive findings of bacteria species at inclusion and in subsequent samples |
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| Throat samples |
Tracheal secretions |
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| Species |
Inclusion |
Subsequent |
Inclusion |
Subsequent |
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| Lp |
C |
Lp |
C |
Lp |
C |
Lp |
C |
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| 1 Haemophilus influenzae |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 2 Moraxella catarrhalis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 3 Beta-Streptococcus group G |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 Streptococcus pneumoniae |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 Streptococcus pyogenes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1–5 Airway bacteria |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
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| 6 Staphylococcus aureus |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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| 7 Citrobacter species |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 8 Escherichia coli |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 9 Enterobacter aerogenes |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 10 Enterobacter cloacae |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 11 Hafnia alvei |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 Klebsiella oxytoca |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 13 Morganella morgani |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 Proteus mirabilis |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 15 Proteus vulgaris |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 16 Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 17 Pseudomonas species |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 18 Serratia marcescens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 19 Serratia species |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 21 Streptococcus agalactiae |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 22 Enterococcus faecalis |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 23Enterococcus faecium |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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| 7–23 Enteric bacteria |
6 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
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| 24 Candida albicans |
5 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
| 25 Candida parapsilosis |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 26 Candida tropicalis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| 24–26 Fungi |
5 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
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Only the first sample in which the species was identified is included in the presented data. All the isolated Staphylococcus aureus strains were non-MRSA. No significant differences were found between the two groups. Lp = patients treated with Lactobacillus plantarum 299; C = control patients treated with chlorhexidine. | ||||||||
Klarin et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R136 doi:10.1186/cc7109 |
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